The Orchestration OSID serves ro bridge multiple OSIDs. A single orchestration srevice can be instantiated that coordinates the loading of other OSIDs. For example, a repository service may also provide a calendar view of assets. Without the Orchestration OSID, the implementations of both the repository and calendaring providers would need to be specified through the runtime environment. With the Orchestration OSID, a single OSID can be instantiated where the loading of the Repository and Calendaring OSIDs are handled by the orchestration provide.

Example:

OrchestrationManager orchestration = runtime.getManager(OSID.ORCHESTRATION, "org.osid.repository.impl.OrchestrationManager");

RepositoryManager repository = orchestration.getRepositoryManager();
CalendaringManager calendar orchestration.getCalendaringManager();
MeteringManager metering = orchestration.getMeteringManager();
LoggingManager log = orchestration.getLoggingManager();